Caramel-box partition and machine for making



y W. E. HENRY. GARAMEL BOX PARTITIONAND MACHINE FOR MAKING.

N0. 533,645. Patented Feb. 5, 1895,

(No Model.)

PATENT FFlCE.

IVILLIAM E. HENRY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CARAMEL-BOX PARTITION AND MACHINE FOR MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,645, dated February 5, 189 5.

Application filed June 22, 1894. Serial No. 515,402. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM E. HENRY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Caramel-Box Partitions and Machines for Making; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a partition for boxes designed to contain caramels, and to a machine for constructing such partitions.

It consists in certain details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a View of the partition showing its application. Fig. 2 is a view of the machine for making the partitions. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine.

The object of my invention is to provide a movable partition which is especially adapted to be employed in boxes in which a sort of confection called carainels is sold and shipped. These boxes are made of pasteboard or any other suitable material, and in various forms, either to fold and clasp to gether like an envelope, or they may be made in box form with removable covers. It has been customary to wrap each individual rectangular caramel in a thin waxed paper to prevent their sticking to the sides of the box.

In my invention the boxes are prepared with a waxed interior surface and are subdivided into as many spaces as may be desired forthe caramels by means of a partition. which is formed of thin metal so folded as to produce a longitudinal central strip A with transverse partition strips B projecting upon opposite sides of this central partition.

The whole device is dropped into the box, and this divides it into as many spaces as may be desired and is easily removable at will. In order to form these partitions rapidly and cheaply I employ an apparatus which I have here shown consisting of a bed-plate (3 having fulcrumed at its opposite ends a series of lovers D. These levers have connected with them, at points above their fulcrums, horizontally sliding bars E. These bars are movable horizontally by movement of the levers D. The bars slide in slots or guides in blocks F which are fixed adjacent to each other at a point central between the two sets of levers D, and at a sufficient distance apart to leave a narrow channel extending from one side to the other of the apparatus.

G is a shelf or support, of which there is one at each side of the apparatus. These supports are fixed sufficiently below the upper surfaces of the blocks F to allow the sheet of tin or other thin metal to rest upon them and extend from one side to the other. This strip of metal is of sufficient length to make the desired number of partitions A, B, for a single box when it has been folded.

The operation will then be as follows: A strip of metal being laid upon the supports G with one end just projecting beyond the sides of the blocks F, and the other extending as far as its length permits, the first lever D I upon one side is forced toward the center, turning about its fulcrum point, and the bar E connected with it being forced to pass across the slot between the ends of the block F, will told that portion of the sheet of metal into a bight, forming the first of the transverse partitions B. This bar remaining in place, the next lever D upon the opposite side is in alike manner pressed toward the center so that its sliding bar E makes another fold of the sheet of metal in the opposite direction. This forms two oppositely projecting partitions. The next two levers D are in like manner pressed inwardly successively, and so on until all the others have been thus operated, and the strip of metal has been formed as shown in Fig. 1. The bars E are then all withdrawn by throwing the levers back, and the strip now properly formed into partitions is removed from between the blocks F and another strip introduced. In this manner it is possible to make these partitions very rapidly aud cheaply, and they are permanent and easily introduced to the already prepared boxes.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, partitions for boxes consisting of single strips of metal formed into longitudinal strips having integral transversely projecting arms upon opposite sides thereof.

2. Apartition for a box consisting of a strip of bendable material folded right and left at points in its length to form a longitudinal strip having integral arms projecting upon opposite sides.

3. A machine for making partition strips, consisting of blocks separated from each other to form a narrow channel for the reception of a strip of metal, a shelf at each end of the blocks adapted to support said strip on edge, levers fnlcrumed at opposite sides of the machine and bars connected therewith and adapted to slide in slots or guides in the blocks at right angles to the length of the supported strip, said levers being separated from the adjacent ones on the same side of 15 the machine a distance equal to the width of the compartment to be formed in the strip. and the inner ends of companion bars adapted to alternately foldthe stri; so as to provide transversely projecting ar end walls ofsaid compartment.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM E. HENRY.

Witnesses:

S. H. NOURsE, J. A. BAYLESS.

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